The NBA league office issued a report last week arguing there is no correlation between players being load managed and reducing the risk of injury.

The NBA has spent the past few months attempting to change its culture of players sitting out certain games for rest reasons.

Dr. Christina Mack, epidemiologist and and chief scientific officer at IQVIA Injury Surveillance & Analytics, which produced the report, was careful to point out that the report does not say that load management doesn't work, either.

"We're not saying it's better or worse," Mack said.

"Results from these analyses do not suggest that missing games for rest or load management -- or having longer breaks between game participation -- reduces future in-season injury risk," the report said, in bold type, in its summary.

"In addition, injury rates were not found to be higher during or immediately following periods of a dense schedule."

During the 1980s, star players missed an averaged of 10.4 games per season with the number rising to 10.6 in the 1990s.

In the 2000s, the number increased to 13.9 in the 2000s, then 17.5 in the 2010s and 23.9 in this decade.